After a Muslim terrorist named Sayfullo Saipov killed eight people in New York City on Halloween night, it was rapidly revealed that he came to the U.S. from his native Uzbekistan through a program known as the Diversity Visa lottery.

In this program, immigrants can get a fast-track to the United States if they are from a country not currently “well represented” in ours. In other words, it’s a program that expands American diversity just for the hell of it. Not because these people bring anything to the table. Not because there is some verifiable need for more Uzbek Muslims in New York City. Nope. Just because.

In the days after the truck attack, President Donald Trump slammed the Democrats for the program, vowing to bring an end to the lottery. But what went unmentioned at the time is that the visa program itself, for all of its faults, actually opens the door to a far bigger problem than just the immigrants who come through based on the luck of the draw.

Through the program itself, only about 1.1 million people have come to the U.S. since 1994. That’s a lot, but it’s not “country-changing.” It was certainly enough to bring in Saipov and his murderous ideology, of course, and that’s reason enough to be outraged. But it has at least been within the scope of what politicians like Chuck Schumer promised when they originally pushed for the law.

But…

According to the Center for Immigration Studies, that 1.1 million figure is not quite the end of the story.

“When accounting for chain migration, the visa lottery may have brought in more than 3.8 million people in total since 1994. Despite its supporters’ assurances that the visa lottery is responsible for only 50,000 immigrants in any given year, chain migration means that the program actually accounts for perhaps 165,000 new immigrants per year because of earlier lottery winners sponsoring their relatives,” said the CIS report.

Chain migration has been at the forefront of President Trump’s thoughts in recent days. In comments to the press, the president has said he isn’t interested in signing any bill that grants amnesty to DACA recipients unless there is something that stops chain migration in the legislation as well. He, like many Republicans, recognizes that unless we put an end to this free pass, we risk having our entire country overrun by just a tiny fraction of original visa-holders.

“I don’t think any Republican would vote for anything having to do with leaving chain migration,” Trump said in a recent interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham. “Chain migration is a disaster for this country and it’s horrible.”

We question the wisdom of providing amnesty to Dreamers with or without an end to chain migration, and there’s no reason that a president elected on the basis of his hardline immigration stance can’t pursue legislation that ends one without conceding the other. To be sure, though, chain migration is having an extraordinarily negative impact on our country’s blue-collar workers, our assimilative culture, and our national security.

We need to end diversity lotteries, end amnesty for illegals, end chain migration schemes, and start protecting American workers, values, and sovereignty – NOW.

About the Author

It is all coming clearer now…. maybe it is not your fault you are ignorant.. But it is your fault you don’t change channels…
I understand now why the rightwing is ignorant of what is going on in the USA and the world.
This is a copy of my homepage, as you can see I have different news outlets including Fox. Look closely at their headlines… these are the things they think are important to their readers…
Even BBC wrote up something about the shootings in Texas..
But Fox??
You readers want to know about an orangutan (Trumps father)
Tiger attack
Pregnant woman in Solomon’s mines
and a raccoon rescue
Bravo fox…

People with triple digit IQ’s which obviously leaves out democRAT voters.

Tiger

It is a sad state of affairs that the American people have never understood Islam. The Muslims make sure they don’t. Anyone who attempts to educate the people on what Islam is are quickly muffled by CAIR or others. One can’t even tell the truth about who Muhammad was without being stifled, yet every other religion is an open book. Ever wonder why that is? LOLOL I will tell you because the book, the Qur’an is filled with hatred for anything and anyone who is not Muslim. The over 100 verses calling for the annihilation or conversion of infidel, make it pretty clear why we are having these attacks. Why the Pope had to call the First Crusades to stop the massacring hordes of Muslims, who were at the gates of France and Europe, from continuing to take over the world. They massacred so many people scholars can’t even give an accurate number.

And Jihad, that isn’t a personal journey into one’s soul, that is something all Muslims have to work towards, it is the bringing of Islam to the world, the creating of the Caliphate etc. Who is the only people in this world today, that all the world is having problems with? Muslims. There has to be a reason people. Until the day that Islamic countries, there are 50 huge ones, tolerate all religions, have churches, temples and synagogues on their soil they don’t belong on ours. If they won’t tolerate others on their own soil, what makes you think they will change their minds about others when they come to your country?

I
have been trying really hard to educate the public to what is
happening. I’m an analyst. I gather data, good, bad, and indifferent.
Because there is so much fake news out there, it is only through a
preponderance of the evidence that you can see the truth.

What
I am about to tell you will be difficult to accept. However I am
taking data from credible resources like Judicial Watch, the legal
outfit that broke the Hillary email crimes. I donate to them, so they
send me stuff to keep me updated on what they are doing; the CIA agents
(some I speak to directly); FBI; Congress, I sit in on Congressional
Hearings when something catches my eye; I read the foreign media and
speak to the actual citizens in those countries; I listen to the
speeches that our officials give overseas to the Globalists, which is
really enlightening. Obama said things over there he would NEVER say in
America. He HATES AMERICANS; I also attract people from the inside who
share info. I also get hate mail from Muslims and even threats.

Did
you see DHS Kelly’s interview where he said, if we knew what he does
about the terrorists here we would never leave our houses? Well, I do
know, and I’m giving you that information.

Read their holy books: there aren’t “good” ones; just different forms of jihad; some appearing not so violent outwardly at present, but look at their home nations, where it’s been accomplished. There are 8 forms of jihad and only 1 entails overt violence.

drantigmo

No just incompatible with you blasphemers

sandraleesmith46

Blaspheming who? All I see touched on here is the ideology; not any deity or specific person, with the exception of not being able to freely tell the nature of your “prophet”.

sandraleesmith46

Truth be told, they’re incompatible with ALL civilization. It’s ISLAM and the ideology of it that keep most of those nations in the 7th -10th century “cultures”, not ignorance, or poverty, etc. Those are simply by-products of the ideology of Islam. It is analogous to a cancer in the human body and how that disease operates; it’s a cancer in the body of humanity and it’s metastasizing everywhere!

drantigmo

Well, you know, with the Christians becoming all of the below sins maybe its time to wipe you “blasphemers” off the face of the earth and replace you with someone who practices what they preach.
As far as I can see virtually all christians (you too “tiger”) are guilty of:

You are a worthless POS taking money from Globalists to spread your complete nonsense cold blooded killers, rapists, and pollsters sums up was muslims are.

barnjoer

May all the Pig Blood flow on your kind!!
Black Jack Pershing had the right idea. It will come back around at you in full force!! 🐖
🔫🇺🇸🤠🇨🇱

BrokedownMarine

I agree but enlighten me as to Black Jack Pershing’s idea?

barnjoer

Google Black shack Pershing. WWl
I believe as the story goes some 50 or so muslims were captured all but one shot dumped into A pit. Then dumped pig blood all over the top of them and let that one go to tell the rest what had been done to them. Never had trouble with the Muslims again until just years recently.

matt ridgeway

Like to send you to hell with your 50 virgins prob 50 queers

gotabgood

Well said!!!

Tiger

If you don’t like living in a Christian country, America then you are free to go to one that is controlled by Shariah Law. My guess is you don’t know squat about Islam, or if you do you are one of them.

I didn’t know that I know you. Are you saying that Muslims, Sheiks and others are living without lust, are not eating to much, are not greedy, don’t have wrath, are not filled with vain glory and such? Well like I said you don’t know Islam and you certainly don’t know Muhammad.

Muhammad:
Ate whatever he wanted and as much as he wanted.
Lusted for a 6 year old girl and married her, took her to bed when she was 9, Aisha.
Fornicated with women who his followers conquered and his more than one wife.
Showed more avarice than one can even write about.
Through his wrath against the people of the book, he wrote letters to all then known Potentate’s and told them convert to Islam and save yourselves. Then he told the people of the book, let go your god and convert to Allah the only god, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt, Allah and the god of the Jews and Christians not the same.
He then took his wrath out on everyone and after his death the Muslims slaughtered all over the then mostly Christian world, enslaved and wiped out entire tribes until at the gates of Europe, when Pope Urban called for the First Crusade to stop them. Now they are at it again.
Muhammad was so vain that he said that he would be the one to judge people on the judgement day and he put himself above any god including hi Allah.
He rested when he wanted and he had others do his work. Muslims began the slave trade and killed millions of blacks and Europeans.

So I won’t be burning in Hell, but your Muhammad along with Muslims burn daily in the Hell they look forward to with virgins, men and women.

Our fearless leader will continue to secure this country from the likes of you.

My Dad had home movies of Cairo, Dar es Salaam , and Nairobi from the ’50s and ’60s; as well as of Tel Aviv, and many other cities of the world; and when Islam reared it’s ugly head in the ’70s ALL those cities changed dramatically, virtually overnight! It’s really sad that people are kept in such squalor for no good reason.

sandraleesmith46

The thing about Christians is that you don’t know how to tell the real ones from the “valor stealers”; and yes those sins are sins that are punishable by death. However, we have a Savior Who took those on Himself on our behalves, if we come to Him by His rules and accept His free gift to us; none of us is perfect, just REDEEMED. If you don’t know that word, look it up. But the BLASPHEMY Is denying the Deity of Jesus Christ and the work of the Holy Spirit; THOSE are automatic “go to hell; do not pass go, do not collect any reward” cards, and y’all are doing that daily. So you keep your “prophet” and your false deity, and I’ll stick with Jesus’ way.

Rodney Steward

Well queers go to he$$ too you know, I guess we’ll see you there!!

Charles Wolfe jr

drantigmo Hang it in your mammy, boy !!!!!!!! Trump 2020 !!

Ron Dapo

Looks to me that your butt just received a royal kicking drantigmo. You damn selfish, ignorant, foolish, mentality inept,idiot.
Get out of my country!!!

shafawn

I knew a Muslim 30 years ago who straight up told me the Islamic plan was to take advantage of US law to infiltrate the states and take over. He also told me they are allowed to lie in order to further their agenda for the good of Islam. And he said US people are stupid and would put up no resistance. This was in the 80’s so I was like no you are stupid because that will never happen. But he was right and here we are. I think what’s going on right now was an Iranian plan all along.

Tiger

I am in full agreement and yes indeed they are allowed to lie and as their numbers grow they demand more.

Hi Tiger Lady 🙂 Good to see you again. Love your posts. We are definitely on the losing end of the demographic stick.

Tiger

Hi Shafawn thank you and always good to see your posts. Yes we are on a bad road but Trump will take care of it.

Charles Wolfe jr

Thanks for the post Tiger.I never bothered to look and see what that evil book says. This mass immigration of Muslims has got to stop, NOW or we will shortly be the minority in this Country !

Tiger

Welcome and yes if we continue at this rate we will be the minority, that is what they want. Trump is enforcing our immigration laws that have quotas for our protection and we see why they are important. This video really tells it all.

That’s a lot of he$$ bound gutter rats! No wonder a County cop told me and some others, you better buy all the ammo and guns you can, things are going to get real bad soon! Our officials know what is really headed our way!!

Tiger

Yes Rodney they do and like the cops I know told me they know where every Muslim lives in my old nieghborhood.

Rodney Steward

Not sure if it was all muslims!! 🙂

Ellen

Glad Pres Trump is trying to do something. Or we will be overrun with ILLEGALS from south of our border. Or overrun with un-vetted refugees. Our pocket books and/or our lives. These politicians should wise up. Better yet, follow Pres Trump.

Charles Wolfe jr

I pray Congress gets on the Trump Train. No ones had his ideas since Reagan !

Ellen

Most likely they would want to change you, even if they are in your country. Unfortunately though some politicians are only into winning, nothing else.

Tiger

Change me my ass they have told me what they want to do to me, decapitate me. I been trying to get the word out since coming home from this war in 2004, joined the likes of Frank Gaffney, Bridgette Gabriele, Joe Kaufman, Andrew Whitehead, Daniel Pipes you name it, even went on speaking tours with some and was invited to speak at the burned out Israeli bus but had to cancel due to threats. CAIR and I had a run in when I was active duty. They lost, I won but they never forgot.

You are absolutely correct Tiger! I believe that immigration into our country must be based upon logic, and most certainly not done in a “lottery”! Islam is totally against our American beliefs!

Tiger

St. Thomas of Aquinas said compassion without reason is just emotion and passion..

Yes

Ron Dapo

It doesn’t get anymore plain and simple. Thanks Tiger..

Tiger

Welcome.

rick meek

Nah – DC and the BS that they spew for money needs to END ——- Saudi’s are in the middle of a purge – the ME as a whole is a purge ——- TIME FOR THE US TO PURGE…..

Beeotchstewie the deplorable

Agreed, turn the entire ME to glass. It’s looking like the only way.

Deplorable Dotard

Ship all Muslims back , first

Beeotchstewie the deplorable

Yes indeed, or just feed them to hogs here. Either way I am good with.

RICHARD

That would contaminate our bacon, yuck

Beeotchstewie the deplorable

EWW you’re right I take that back!

Granny Filec

Not the hogs please………they are what gives the meaning to births of our bacon………

sandraleesmith46

You ever see what hogs normally eat? I have; they have cast iron digestive systems that purge all manner of poisons; they can handle it and clean the poison right out of that. All that extra protein would make some mighty tasty bacon and ham.

curmudgeon VN Veteran

2700 degrees Fahrenheit should do the trick nicely and we can still drill through the glass to get to the oil.

Beeotchstewie the deplorable

See that’s thinking out of the box, it’s called a win win situation.

sandraleesmith46

Plus Israel gets all that extra parking space for all the immigrants they’re going to have in the future as well.

Mo

I think we should just declare that Islam is a TERRORISTS Group and NOT a Religious Group and Ban any and all Mosque’s while declaring open season on the Muslims on our grounds and see how fast they stick the tails between their legs and run for cover of the ME. All of the Libturds spew is that We are Not at war with Islam, well fools they have declared war on us, turnabout is fair to me.

Beeotchstewie the deplorable

Brilliant! I think would be perfect. They have indeed decalrd war on the USA.

sandraleesmith46

They declared themselves a terror organization decades ago; indeed centuries ago. We just have to RECOGNIZE that fact and act upon it.

Granny Filec

Doing that……….waiting at secret airplane landings via BO & HC………seems that those walking thru the gates are dying of a virus……………..Lets all celebrate that virus………

Robert

Maybe they need to bring back the CRUSADER KNIGHTS.
That’s a name they know well , and both fear and hate.

Beeotchstewie the deplorable

Give them all pig blood tipped ammo and let that be widely known.

Rob

Shut them down now,no more lost of American lives

drsleuth

Crazy idea must be discarded. One wonders why some people supposedly intelligent do stupid things. It’s self destructive.

tCotUS

Immigrants ? How about American replacements, or DNC voters ? It appears we need a Major revolt before it’s too late.

melmack 1

How could any AMERICAN even conceive of a STUPID plan like this. Oh, I got it now. DUMBORATS seeking to swell their voter rolls.

drantigmo

then we are coming for Y-O-U.

curmudgeon VN Veteran

Mom’s got the basement shoveled out so you can go home now.

Granny Filec

You have determined exactly how you will be leaving EARTH……….

john

I am definitely going to spew pork bits all over you at a high velocity

Ron Dapo

Please just stop it, l can’t laugh any more.
Thanks for the best belly laugh i’ve had in years..You have to be 11 year old…lol lol….

Pat Hanson

Another Obama contribution to world domination over U.S. of A

angelo cucuzza,jr

gotabgood, MORON, YOU ARE EITHER A SNOWFLAKE OR A LIBERAL(BRAIN DEAD) LIBTARD. BRINGING
THESE ‘RAGHEADS’ HERE IS INSANE. WAKE UP,IDIOT.

Beeotchstewie the deplorable

Don’t waste a moment on that deluded troll, block it and go on.

angelo cucuzza,jr

Tiger, best explanation about these MOOOSLIMS, DIVERSITY=INSANITY, THANKS TO SMUKIE ‘TUMOR’.

drantigmo

we are coming for Y-O-U too.

curmudgeon VN Veteran

Anybody who also posts on Mother Jones would probably just as soon be puffing on a pecker.

Granny Filec

You will be the first to meet “El Diablo”.

john

We are waiting for you with pork shotguns

Mark Clemens

……. I all ready found you.
🐷🔫

no1rightway

The number 1 domestic security threat is not Islam, but rather too many guns in the hands of too many angry white men who find tacit support for violence from the GOP, POTUS and crack pots like Steve Bannon and bigots like Jeff Sessions.

Beeotchstewie the deplorable

You are a delusional leftist fool. Get real, I hope a Muslim takes you out for your bigoted and insane views. The irony would be lost on you hypocrite.

drantigmo

we are coming for Y-O-U hillbilly, along with your fearless leader.

Beeotchstewie the deplorable

Bring it on jackass, bring a body bag for yourself and any you bring with you, I will gladly place you and yours in them.

curmudgeon VN Veteran

Stewy, you are delinquent in blocking the imbeciles.

Eddie Bingham

can’t you come up with a better line than that. I guess your brain doesn’t work except what you are fed by your hero’s in the dumbocratic party. Which by the way is probably going to go the way of the Whig party. And it couldn’t happen to a worse class of people.

no1rightway

Bwahahaha, bigoted insanity is the perview of the right

mudguy1

Wrong. Guns have never killed anyone. There has never been a gun that has pulled the trigger on it own.
We also have too many crackpots behind the wheels of cars and trucks that have killed people . Are you going get ride of cars and trucks?
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”
Edmund Burke

curmudgeon VN Veteran

Today I swung my front door wide open and placed my Remington 12ga semi-auto shotgun right in the doorway. I left 9 shells beside it, then left it alone and went about my business. While I was gone, the mailman delivered my mail, the neighbor boy across the street mowed the yard, a girl walked her dog down the street, and quite a few cars stopped at the stop sign near the front of my house. After about an hour, I checked on the gun. It was still sitting there, right where I had left it. It hadn’t moved itself. It certainly hadn’t killed anyone, even with the numerous opportunities it had presented to do so. In fact, it hadn’t even loaded itself.

Well you can imagine my surprise, with all the hype by the Left and the Media about how dangerous guns are and how they kill people. Either the media is wrong, or I’m in possession of the laziest gun in the world.

The United States is third in Murders throughout the World. But if you take out just four cities: Chicago, Detroit, Washington, DC and New Orleans, the United States is fourth from the bottom, in the entire world, for Murders! These four Cities also have the toughest Gun Control Laws in the U. S. All four of these cities are controlled by Democrats. It would be absurd to draw any conclusions from this data – right?

Well, I’m off to check on my spoons. I hear they’re making people fat.

drantigmo

well: 2018 is coming. Yesterday showed that real USA is awake now.

john

Commiecrat Commiecrat got be an Idiot

Eddie Bingham

dream on dumba$$

john

Bang ! Did I scare you pussy?

no1rightway

If that makes you happy.

drantigmo

hahahahahaha….2018, 2018, 2018, 2018, 2018 trump is going to prison!! LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP LOCK HIM UP
Yesterday’s election showed that hate, racism, bigotry and corporate greed have a very short life-span. Make all the hate you can hillbillies as quickly as you can: we are coming for Y-O-U.

john

Hey Anyfruit clown, we are not afraid of your kind …not at all ! Bring it on and YOU and YOUR kind will cease to exist

CUZIN ERN

Dumbcrates all have the same infection: it’s called stupidity!

curmudgeon VN Veteran

And it can’t be fixed short of a hollow point in the chest. I was going to say brainpan, but caught myself seeing as they have no brain.

curmudgeon VN Veteran

But, but the liberals need more voters in the democRAT party. They keep killing off their future voters because the liberal women who indiscriminately spread their legs for every tom cat that comes down the ally use abortion as their preferred form of birth control. At least their hero, Margaret Sanger was directing her attempted genocide in a reasonable direction.

thereasonableman

So, who were your immigrant ancestors, anarchist bomb throwers from eastern europe, peasants from south of the alps, or descendants of the asians who crossed the land-bridge thousands of years ago? From most of your grammar and lack of historical knowledge I’d say none of you are of the educated white class you you want to emmigate here. In fact, in your utopian view of the 4th Reich you would most probably be classed as Untermensch suitable for nothing other than slave labor. Tiger is one of the most ignorant people I have ever had the displeasure to read.Islamic calls for conversion pales in comparison to what the R Catholic Church did to Amer-Indians. Beginning with C Columlbo thru Junipero Sera the RCC was a destroyer ancient cultures.

john

Yeah, and we ‘d do all again ….and lovin it !

drantigmo

Ha….. eating crow today racist?
The only “loopholes” I see is trump being able to pardon himself for federal crimes (but he CANNOT for state crimes) and your asshole.

alpambuena

we spend 10 billion per year supporting illegals…..just think what we could all do with that.

Luke

Islam is a cult, not a religion.

Craig Vandertie

The deadly viral plague needs to be exterminated anyone responsible for spreading the terminal virus as well needs to be exterminated.

Pat Hanson

When are citizens going to wake up to the facts, all these Mexicans and Muslims slipping into the country are NOT IMMIGRATION BUT INVASION. The plan is for the United States to become THREE SEPARATE COUNTRIES. The Mexicans, The Muslims and what is left to Original Americans.

Soliavargas

Everyone needs to stay in there Country AND FIX IT THE UNITED STATES IS JUST AS BROKEN AND NEEDS FIXING AD WILL ARE PASSED PRESIDENTS HAVE BONKEN THE UNITED STATES AND BORN AMERICANS

MichaelZZ

THE CONCEPT OF “MINIMUM WAGE” IS A CANCER TO OUR NATION’S ECONOMICS, SINCE IT TENDS TO CREATE A PERMANENT UNDERCLASS, MAKES THE USA, INC. LESS COMPETITIVE, STIMULATES UNAUTHORIZED VISITORS, CONFLATES AN “ENTRY LEVEL” WAGE WITH A LIVING WAGE, AND WAS TWICE DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. THE MAJOR BENEFICIARY OF MINIMUM WAGE IS THE BANKING INDUSTRY.

IF THE ABOVE WEREN’T ENOUGH, PLEASE ENJOY THE FOLLOWING:

We will always have problems, but unless we recognize, analyze to understanding, we will not possess the requisite information to mitigate those problems.

I propose that the MINIMUM WAGE concept appears to be classism, at its core, and it appears that those promoting minimum wage and increases thereto are accepting of a larger permanent underclass, and that many of our problems are rooted because of minimum wage.

DEFINITIONS:
1. Entry level wage – paid for a first job or a first job within in a new endeavor
2. Market wage – paid, based upon agreement between an employer and
employee
3. Subsistence wage – an ambiguous wage to enable one to exist
4. Fair wage – an interesting and ambiguous concept, depending upon
perspective
5. Living wage – that wage which enables one to exist (a modified subsistence
wage?)
6. Contractual wage – a wage by contractual agreement, e.g., a union wage
7. Minimum wage – a wage promulgated by federal and state authorities as the
minimum any employee must be paid – it appears to be a conflation of an
entry level with a living wage, which appears to be a nonsensical
oxymoron.

MINIMUM WAGE, What’s It All About?
Increasing the minimum wage would have two principal effects on low-wage (minimum wage) workers, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Most of them, i.e., those who keep their jobs, would receive higher pay that would increase their family’s income, and some of those families would see their income rise above the federal poverty threshold. Those who lose their jobs (per CBO projections) would see their incomes fall (brilliant observation).

Unfortunately and, perhaps, insidiously, no mention is made of those who will not be able to find entry-level jobs and will be cast within a low and, perhaps, permanent underclass.

That manufactured situation would cause frustration, depression, and desperation, which, probably is not a healthy situation for a community of any size.

Any and all legislation, that would tend to create that situation, should be held as irresponsible, mean-spirited, shortsighted, and damaging to our economics, and if that thought were valid, any advocate for such legislation must be dismissed with prejudice.

The CBO projects that, once fully implemented in the second half of 2016, an increase of the Federal minimum wage of $7.25 to $10.10, as advocated by President Obama would reduce total employment by about 500,000 workers, or 0.3 percent.
Stipulated and underscores, “Any and all legislation that would tend to create that situation should be held as irresponsible, mean-spirited, shortsighted, and damaging to our economics, and if that thought is valid, any advocate for such legislation must be dismissed with prejudice.”

The CBO estimates that the increased earnings for low-wage workers resulting from the higher minimum wage would total $31 billion.

However, those earnings would not go only to low-income families, because many low-wage workers are not members of low-income families. Just 19 percent of the $31 billion would accrue to families with earnings below the poverty threshold, whereas 29 percent would accrue to families earning more than three times the poverty threshold, CBO estimates.
Moreover, the increased earnings for some workers would be accompanied by reductions in real (inflation-adjusted) income for the people who became jobless because of the minimum-wage increase, for business owners, and for consumers facing higher prices.

DISCUSSION:
If it were mandated, by legislation, that federal expenditures for personnel must be reduced by 12%, effective January 1, 2017, would it be better to lay off 12% of the federal workforce or to reduce wages and benefits by 12%?

When one is laid off, there are many negative results, including, but not limited to depression, unable to meet financial obligations, losing property, such as his or her home, and adversely affecting his or her future in so many other ways.

When one has a moderate reduction of income, but maintains his or her job, he or she will not be thrilled, but will adjust his or her lifestyle, accordingly.

Which is better for a community, legislating the loss of jobs or a moderate reduction of income with all maintaining their jobs?

Similarly, which is better, a higher minimum wage with fewer jobs or more jobs?

Should it be Congress’s responsibility to advocate, propose, and pass legislation that would positively benefit our Nation?

What is the “theory” that legislation, that is projected to cause 500,000 lowly paid workers to lose their jobs, would be beneficial to our Nation?

The 500,000 only represents those low paid workers, who would lose their jobs, but does not include the vast numbers of new potential entrants into the workforce who will be unable to find those “entry-level” jobs.

An entry-level job is critical to one’s future as it is the first rung of his or her ladder to the future. Our “leaders” should pass legislation, which would stimulate the creation of more entry-level jobs, now fewer.

Whereas Senator Diane Feinstein was a co-sponsor of the $10.10 proposed legislation, on July 22, 2015, I was told by a member of her staff that, in April, she co-sponsored proposed legislation promoting a $12.00 minimum wage, thus the estimate of 500,000 lost jobs rises to X lost jobs and even fewer will find entry-level positions.

It appears that Einstein’s definition of insanity is alive and well.

Redundancy can be good: “Any and all legislation that would tend to create a situation that would cause fewer jobs and fewer opportunities should be held as irresponsible, mean-spirited, shortsighted, and damaging to our economics, and if that thought were valid, any advocate for such legislation must be dismissed with prejudice.”

It appears as though ANY minimum wage is damaging to any community.

The concept of “minimum wage” is a classic oxymoron and it is an irrational conflation of an “entry-level” wage with a “living-wage”. I offer five characterizations of wages: entry-level, minimum wage, living wage, union wage, and market-wage.

Manufacturing within U.S.A., Inc. is becoming less competitive as wages rise.
Many service jobs are, also, being off-shored.
How many jobs has China, et al taken from us?
NONE. We have given them our jobs.
How often do we hear the question posed by Mr. Wonderful (Shark Tank), “Have you priced this item from China”?

CAN IT GET WORSE? OH, YEAH!
I posed the following “theoretical” question to staffs of Senator Diane Feinstein, Senator Bernie Sanders, and my Congressman, Brad Sherman:
If minimum wage were $25, how would that affect high school graduation rates and the increase or decrease of unauthorized visitors and how would “no minimum wage” affect those two segments?

After more than 15 calls to DC and SF, Senator Feinstein has not offered a reply.

After 6 calls to Senator Sanders’ DC office, the best I could get was that a staff member said she was uncomfortable giving her opinion, but will make an effort to obtain a reply from the Senator. A campaign volunteer said he agreed with the obvious answers, but still supported Senator Sanders.

After too many calls with Congressman Brad Sherman’s staff in DC and in Van Nuys, one staff member offered, off the record, that he or she and his or her father agreed with the obvious.

It appears that the higher the minimum wage, the result will be lower high school graduation rates and a higher number of unauthorized visitors.

This is more evidence to confirm that it appears as though ANY minimum wage is damaging to any community.

Any artificialities (in this case, any minimum wage) inserted into the economy will have unintended consequences.

Politicians who advocate minimum wage are ignorant (doubtful to perhaps), afraid to speak truth (for fear of losing their positions), or attempting to win votes (pandering), but regardless of the reason, any advocate for such legislation must be dismissed with prejudice.

We, the People, desperately, need leaders, not politicians who have embedded within their DNA the “need” to lie.

On July 4, 2015, Congressman Sherman and I were walking out of Woodland Hills Park as I asked him about minimum wage and he responded that there is some good in the concept.
On August 27, 2015, I was told, by a staff member of Congressman Sherman, that the congressman believes, in some situations, a “minimum wage” is appropriate.

If that report were true, it appears to be a stellar example of obfuscation and political-speak (redundancy).

Congressman Sherman (Ca-D, 30th) supports the “minimum wage” concept, as do almost all Democrats.

If my narrative were valid, why would anyone advocate for any minimum wage?

ADDENDUM:
A pragmatic and rational solution for those who want all employees to receive some type of amorphous “living” wage would be a massive expansion of the EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit) for those over the age of 25.

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CUZIN ERN

We keep asking for a pill to make us healthy and @ the same time invite our killers into the country w/o even saying BYE BYE!

barbarakelly

They better stop it now. We don’t need to admit any more killers into our country.

jcgreen2

NO Muslim immigration into the USA! Not one, not ever!

sandraleesmith46

Loopholes, plural; lottery visas, chain migration, “refugee” status, and worst of all is the so called “birthright” for illegals’babies born here. The 14th A clearly states that they must be under US jurisdiction to be citizens, and neither illegal mom nor infant is under US jurisdiction; ergo that child has NO right to US citizenship. As for the “refugees”, they aren’t when they don’t go BACK to wherever; they’re just invaders too. IF we let them come at all it should be only on a very SHORT and definite term and to an internment camp ONLY, for the duration, then sent home as soon as the war has moved on. No more than 3 months’ stay should be allotted to any of them. Especially when they’re coming from nations that consider themselves enemies of the US. Oh, and those practicing ideologies that are anti-Constitutional are already BARRED BY LAW, period.

Charlie ********

Interestingly, while pointing fingers at our immigration policies and visa abuses, the Trump properties across the country applied for, and received H2B visas allowing them to bring in foreign workers to staff Mar-a-Lago and several of their other properties. It seems to me they ought to be able to find American citizens who are already here to work as maids, bellmen and gardeners. Perhaps they aren’t trying hard enough or maybe Americans won’t work under the conditions they are offering. Just a thought.

laulau

We need to stop all immigration. The Muslims havse 8 babies to our one. The Mexicans are not far behind. This will become a third world country if we allow any more foreigners. America was a peaceful beautiful place before the blacks multiplied and want to kill us now, as the Mexicans just want our country, like the Muslims.

angelo cucuzza,jr

DO NOT ALLOW A SINGLE ONE OF THESE 6TH CENTURY ‘MONGOLS’ INTO MY BELOVED COUNTRY.
THESE ARE NOT WHAT OUR FOUNDERS ENVISIONED. THEY SAID ALLOW THOSE WHO WILL CONTIBUTE
TO AMERICA, NOT DESTROYERS. WE CAN ‘THANK THAT DESPICABLE ‘THE SMUCKIE TUMOR.
FED UP WITH ALL THESE ‘DEMCRATS/DEMCRAPS.

angelo cucuzza,jr

drantigmo, hey smuck, we are in Brooklyn NY. WE LOOK FORWARD. OUR ‘PEOPLE’ WILL BE GLAD TO WHACK
YOUR DUMB ASS. USUALLY, 2 SHOTS TO THE HEAD OR MAYBE YOU’D LIKE A HORSE’S HEAD IN BED.

Ed Shick

If there is a loop Hole , Then It should be Closed ! We have way to many Muslims in America !

Betty Sakai

I am a member of http://www.theconservativeforum.com in Silicon Valley, Mt. View, CA. The Forum has had mulitiple speakers talking about their experience with Islam. General Muhammad wrote the Qur’an to enlist and control the underclass, citing “Allah” to give himself eternal power. Islam is a socio-economic ideology that is very much like a cult. Once in, you cannot get out without them hunting you down to kill you. Women have no power and are treated as possessions like cattle. Muslims have their own laws so immigrants can only lie and give lip-service to assimilating into other country’s laws. Their laws, called sharia require servitude from them — subserviance. Islam is therefore not a religion but a competing system of government. President Trump is correct. The cult of Muhammad does not belong in America.

Morton99

Are you a Russian troll attempting to create division in the USA ? Muslims in the USA are patriotic Americans. Contrary to your propaganda, Shariah has no place in the USA legal system and anyone that tries it is breaking the law. So for God’s sake cut this nonsense out.

Morton99

Congress has had bipartisan resolutions to end this policy for about ten years. The Senate passed a new Immigration Act and the House rejected it. This is provably a Republican leadership issue since the Democrats and many Republicans have tried to change it.

Donald Lindsey

A program known as the Diversity Visa lottery, In this program, immigrants can get a fast-track to the United States if they are from a country not currently “well represented” in ours. Even though the USA is as stated In other words “well represented” in other Countries, it’s a program that expands American diversity just for the hell of it under the muslim Barack Hussein Obama and the liberal socialistic party of the DNC.
To turn America from a Free Nation in to a third world country where our law, our legion and our Rights no longer exist but dominated by other countries. As a Veteran I say this, “this is not what so many of us gave our lives for nor became disable because of to have America handed over to muslim countries, end of story. USMC

markypolo

It is NOT a “loophole”. Congress VOTED for for it! Democrats (Chuck Schumer) created and LOVE it. They believe all poor people and welfare recipients will be voting for them.

Larry Brule

shut the door on all muslims!

CalifNative

YES, Larry.

CalifNative

Keep all non Americans out! Keep them out of our United States. The people who have already come here. Let’s gather them up and send them all back. Let them build their own society in their country of origin. Quit taking, taking from hard working Americans. I’m sick of all these immigrants coming here and taking ownership of our country. GET OUT! You don’t like the way we live anyway, so leave.

CalifNative

DUMP, DACA!!!!

CalifNative

800,000 people coming over the border. Won’t that double, when these immigrants have children? Close the borders and build the wall higher. No DACA!!!!!!

RG ODOM

THE TIME WILL COME WHERE ALL MUSLIMS WHO WISH THE US ILL WILL SIT WITH THE FALSE PROFIT WHAT’S HER NAME IN THE FLAMES OF HELL FED BY PIGS FAT AND INFIDEL DUNG

Rick Wenthe

It is something that is staining peaceful Muslims . when this idiot in New York wanting an Issus flag in his room, they are proud about killing innocent people the more the better. I used to hate hearing about the Crusade I and II but with a little research both crusades took 50 miles inland and 150 miles long. Where both Jihads took most of the civilized world both times. So there is no comparison and they have never changed their mind on this they should own the world. That is the scary part about it to me they want to take the entire western world. If they didn’t have it as their end game death to America, That is what needs to be discussed.

ddrew8

Merit based should be the only system for admitting foreigners to come to this country. I always think that we should guard our country like we guard our own homes. We do not allow burglars, murders, rapists into our homes. Why do we allow those people coming into our country and commit those crimes? Institute extreme vetting, end DACA now!!!

Lynne Douglas

This is one of the many disastrous results of electing our “first black President” without bothering to check into his
background. He was raised a muslim in a muslim country, attended a muslim school in his formative years, had
two radical parents (only one of whom was “black”) and attended college in the USA as a “foreign student.” He
also associated with known anti-American radicals and never held down a “normal” job. Yet, the Left prevailed
and we got ourselves a muslim in the White House for 8 years during which he managed to tear apart our
country in every way he could, and opened the door to Islamic terrorism to new heights. Another major part
of his legacy is the further setting of white against black so that we have racial division at an all-time high.
It is not possible to be a devout muslim and a patriotic American. It is, however, completely possible to be
an educated, moral, patriotic black American, and that’s who we should have found to elect as “our first
black President.” They ARE out there. We did not have to shoot ourselves in the foot by allowing corrupt
politicians the chance to put an Islamic supporter in the White House to prove we’re diverse enough.